• Fact-checking misleading claims by Trump and his allies about Judge James Boasberg

    Fact-checking misleading claims by Trump and his allies about Judge James Boasberg

    Apr 06, 2025 04:42 PM EST

    ... Boasberg weeks later was assigned a case related to Trump administration officials’ use of the commercial messaging app Signal to discuss their plans to bomb Yemen, the judge ordered the executive branch to preserve those communications. Trump responded by attacking Boasberg in a Truth Social post, describing him as "highly ...

  • Iran's currency falls to new record low against U.S. dollar as tensions run high

    Iran's currency falls to new record low against U.S. dollar as tensions run high

    Apr 05, 2025 04:28 PM EST

    Meanwhile, Trump is continuing an intense airstrike campaign targeting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, the last force in Tehran’s self-described “Axis of Resistance” able to attack Israel after other militant groups were mauled by Israel during its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Mehdi Darabi ...

  • Congress demands answers after Trump abruptly fires head of National Security Agency

    Congress demands answers after Trump abruptly fires head of National Security Agency

    Apr 04, 2025 09:58 PM EST

    ... for his ouster after using the publicly available encrypted Signal app to discuss planning for a sensitive March 15 military operation targeting Houthi militants in Yemen. Warner called it “astonishing” that Trump "would fire the nonpartisan, experienced leader of the National Security Agency while still failing to hold any member ...

  • News Wrap: Trump fires several National Security Council members

    News Wrap: Trump fires several National Security Council members

    Apr 03, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... whether Hegseth and other defense officials complied with DOD policies and procedures when they used the app to discuss attack plans against Houthi militants in Yemen. The Senate has confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services after a vote along party lines. The agency ...

  • Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth's sharing of Houthi strike plans in Signal chat

    Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth's sharing of Houthi strike plans in Signal chat

    Apr 03, 2025 07:33 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. The review will also look at other defense officials' use of the publicly ...

  • Trump to fire several national security officials over concerns they're not loyal to his agenda, AP reports

    Trump to fire several national security officials over concerns they're not loyal to his agenda, AP reports

    Apr 03, 2025 04:21 PM EST

    ... for his ouster after using the publicly available encrypted Signal app to discuss planning for the sensitive March 15 military operation targeting Houthi militants in Yemen. Trump has said he stands by Waltz.A journalist, The Atlantic magazine’s Jeffrey Goldberg, was mistakenly added to the chain and revealed that ...

  • Trump's pick to lead Joint Chiefs tells senators he would stay out of politics

    Trump's pick to lead Joint Chiefs tells senators he would stay out of politics

    Apr 01, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    Democratic senators raised messages sent by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on the unclassified app Signal the two weeks ago revealed the exact timing in weapon systems before U.S. strikes on Yemen. Lt. Gen. Dan Caine (Ret): We should always preserve the element of surprise. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D ...

  • WATCH: Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine testifies at Senate hearing for Joint Chiefs chair

    WATCH: Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine testifies at Senate hearing for Joint Chiefs chair

    Apr 01, 2025 02:47 PM EST

    ... Questions on attack plans sent in Signal Caine also was asked about senior national security officials using a Signal chat to communicate about airstrikes against Yemen's Houthis, including Hegseth posting tactical details before the operation had launched. That chat, which included a journalist, did not include acting Chairman of ...

  • White House says case 'closed' on Signal chat despite calls for investigations

    White House says case 'closed' on Signal chat despite calls for investigations

    Mar 31, 2025 09:07 PM EST

    White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that national security adviser Mike Waltz continues to have President Donald Trump’s confidence and that it was done discussing the embarrassing matter of senior officials communicating about plans for an airstrike against the Houthis in Yemen on a commercial messaging app ...

  • Iran rejects direct nuclear negotiations with the U.S. in response to Trump's letter

    Iran rejects direct nuclear negotiations with the U.S. in response to Trump's letter

    Mar 30, 2025 07:55 PM EST

    ... included Camp Thunder Cove on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, where the U.S. is basing stealth B-2 bombers likely being used in Yemen. “The Americans themselves know how vulnerable they are,” warned Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on Friday. "If they violate Iran’s sovereignty, it ...